‘’Don’t Tread On Me’’ - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott
By Donna McGill
There’s something reassuring in a southern gentleman taking control with confidence. Texas’ current attorney general is just the man
to inspire confidence in all things legal and political. Seeking a new term as the Lone Star State’s AG, Abbott is a no-nonsense man’s
man who fears little, if anything. Case in point: he’s taking on Google! He’s also this week’s Law Star inductee. Keep reading for more
on this southern lawyer.

With a campaign slogan of just
four words, ‘’Don’t tread on me’’,
there’s no denying the confidence
and determination behind legal
mind Greg Abbott. It might be
worth Google’s time to consider, as
well. Few people are willing to take
on the internet giant. Not Abbott;
in fact, it’s not even occurred to
him not to.
With a promise to look into the business practice of the
conglomerate, and in particular, how searches are conducted
and whether or not Google is manipulating the results pages
in a way that could violate the country’s antitrust laws, Abbott
and his team have hard at work in an effort to uncover the
truth, regardless of what their investigations reveal. Google is
already firing back, albeit indirectly. It’s gone on record to say
that Texas certainly has the right to investigate the American
based company, it must have citizens from that state filing
complaints and thus far, there’s been no evidence. Ah, but
then again, they don’t know Greg Abbott.
As Abbott is quick to remind constituents and anyone else
for that matter, these accusations have dated as far back as
2003 and the time to act on them is now. With more calls for
regulation, a lot remains to be seen as to the final outcome,
but you can be sure Greg Abbott and his hand-picked team
will lead the charge.

Gulf of Mexico oil drilling bans. He’s even faced off with those
fighting for the new national health care changes. Perhaps
in his most risky move, he’s taken a definitive stand in the
Arizona illegal immigration quagmire.
Abbott is facing off against Barbara Ann Radnofsky, his
democratic opponent who’s currently a Houston attorney.
Unfortunately, it looks as though there will be at least some
degree of mud-slinging. That’s too bad, because Abbott has
undoubtedly did great things for the state of Texas and his
opponent has had her fair share of proud moments. Her
biggest problem with Abbott is his stance with Arizona as it
moves forward in the red-hot immigration debate.
Before finding his niche in the political arena, Abbott served
on the Texas Supreme Court and a State District Judge in
Harris County, Texas. Back then, as he does now, he puts his
priorities on ‘’protecting the families and children of this great
state of Texas from those with evil intent’’. He’s been named
‘’Trial Judge of the Year’’ by the Texas Association of Civil Trial
and Appellate Specialists and was appointed by then-Governor
George W. Bush in 1995 to the Texas Supreme Court. He’s
received many awards, including ‘’Jurist of the Year’’ and
‘’Appellate Judge of the Year’’. Abbott graduated from the
University of Texas with a B.B.A. in Finance before receiving
his law degree from Vanderbilt University.
Abbott resides in Austin with his wife and daughter.

This isn’t the first ‘’big daddy’’ lawsuit Abbott’s faced. He has,
in his role as the Texas AG, faced the federal government’s
Environmental Protection Agency and tackled his share of the